Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand (WPPIL No. 202 OF 2024 with WPPIL NO.174 OF 2024) in the matter of mining operations in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The order was passed by the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court Guhanathan Narendar and Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari. In compliance with the …
After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian? The bill seeks to address widespread hunger in the country through food support programmes and provides eligible beneficiaries the legal right to receive foodgrains at subsidised prices.
There are many problems with the Lokpal Bill 2011, the most serious being the lack of independence to the anti-corruption wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation. There have been problems as well with the civil society approach to the negotiations with the government. Civil society should now put down …
For long we have been fed lies. Mumbai has no scarcity of houses and the key to the truth lies in using digital technology to unlock the city's housing potential.
Industry leaders foresee socio-economic risks, such as income disparity and economic imbalances, as their biggest concerns for 2012, as against the environmental risks last year, a global survey has found. As per the World Economic Forum's Global Risks 2012 report released today, the industry leaders' concerns have shifted from environmental …
The question is whether the protests across the world can be channelled to shape a better tomorrow According to Time magazine, the 2011 person of the year is “the protester”. Clearly, this is the image that has captured the world — from dissent against the lack of democracy and repression …
The debate on the design of the Lokpal has been premised on the questionable assumption that what is needed to combat corruption is a powerful national institution to prosecute and convict the corrupt, but the debate has not drawn on the experience with the existing institutional models, namely the Lokayuktas …
The mainstream paradigm of understanding grass-root environmentalism in India as “environmentalism of the poor” might be challenged by an alternative prototype forest movement in the Bengal Dooars prior to the Chipko movement. It was fought against the exploitative design of ecosystem governance under the taungya method of artificial regeneration as …
To overcome the delay in payment of wages to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) workers in Jharkhand, allegedly owing to administrative apathy, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has piloted a project in Jharkhand. Under the project, online authentication and Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) …
The implementation of the proposed Kochi metro rail project, which is awaiting final nod from the Central government, has become a bone of contention between the Congress-led state government and the Opposition with the latter alleging corruption behind the move to go for global tenders. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation …
The objective of this report is to account for variations in the success of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) in different states across India. It combines a quantitative analysis with qualitative data obtained from over 70 interviews with government officials, academics, journalists, NGOs, international governmental organizations and …
Orissa is prone to natural disasters, especially floods. Yet, the authorities have not been able to draw up an effective disaster management plan and politicians continue to play politics with relief works. What is needed in dealing with these disasters and the relief and rehabilitation work that follows is the …
‘Canalising’ iron ore exports is not a solution to illegal mining. Only strict regulation is The government is reportedly considering temporarily “canalising” – routing through a public trading agency – the export of iron ore, before putting in place a proper and suitably elaborate mechanism to control and reduce the …
The state government will cancel all contracts for irrigation projects in Vidarbha where the project cost has risen beyond what was stipulated in the contracts. This was announced by water resources minister Sunil Tatkare after opposition members grilled the state government, alleging corruption to the tune of Rs5,000 crore in …
A Bill to provide for the establishment of a body of Lokpal for the Union and Lokayukta for States to inquire into allegations of corruption against certain public functionaries and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Administrative control of CBI and quota system in the anti-corruption body remain unresolved The Cabinet will meet on Tuesday afternoon to clear the Lokpal bill. A group of ministers, who met here on Monday evening, gave final shape to the proposed legislation, but two issues — administrative control of the …
The government has been racing against time to firm up the anti-graft bill in view of the looming threat of Anna Hazare to go on hunger strike. NEW DELHI: Parliament's Winter Session has been extended by three days from December 27 to facilitate the passage of the Lokpal Bill and …
The CAG’s report on “Water Pollution in India” warns against the “drastic change in water quality” of Jammu and Kashmir’s Dal Lake, which is being destroyed by untreated sewage and fertilisers being dumped in its waters. This will destroy one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes and reduce it to …
